Essen Christmas Market 2016

Essen Christmas Market Dates 2016

Christmas Market Dates

17th November – 23rd December 2016

Opening Times

Sun-Thu 11am-9pm
Fri-Sat 11am-10pm
Sun 23.11 6pm-10pm

Welcome to the
Essen Christmas Market

According to its name, the International Essen Christmas Market offers you exotic products from all over the world: sculptures from Africa, craft from Russia, cheerful figures from Cuba, Greek lighthouses and x-mas gifts for all US fans.

The International Essen Christmas Market even takes you on a world trip, from a culinary perspective: Arabic Falafel, Polish Bigos, French Crepes or Dutch Poffertjes.

You as a guest will be spoilt for choice in the true sense of the word.

Another attraction is the Santa House where Father Christmases from all over the world describe Christmas customs and traditions from their own various different countries.

Discover Essen

Situated amidst the Ruhr area of Germany, a visit to Essen is without doubt interesting and worthwhile.

A sense of innovation permeates the city; the seismic shift from its industrial past to its new focus on services, learning, design and
healthcare is evident everywhere.

Past and
present, stories and history between steel
and Romanticism, old art and the culture of
tomorrow: not contradictions but aspects of
a new urbanity that makes the city a natural
point of attraction within the Ruhr region.

One
example of this is the Culture Trail: 372 blue
stones point the way to 82 'city attractions', including interesting
architecture, installations, light art, sculptures
and figures.

Some of the highlights in Essen are the new philharmonic orchestra and the coal-mine “Zeche Zollverein”, which was declared a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site in 2001.

The museum of Folkwang houses one of the most important art collections in Germany.

Essen’s traditional trade fairs, the top-quality opera productions, staged by the Aalto-Theatre and the musical productions at the Colloseum Essen are only some of its many other attractions.

Essen Top-Rated Hotels

Mercure Hotel Plaza
The room was a delight, attractive, quiet and comfortable. The included breakfast offered many choices. We walked to the city centre in less than 15 minutes.

#2

InterCityHotel Essen
Reception staff very helpful, rooms really nice, modern and clean, bed is a bit hard but fine. Breakfast is really good, great selection.

#3

Sheraton Essen Hotel
The hotel sure lived up to its 5* billing with friendly, helpful staff, classy reception area and our room was large and comfortable and spotlessly clean.

#4

Motel One Essen
The reception area is very nice, the room was very spacious buy hardly any furniture!

North Rhine-Westphalia Ticket

Buy a one day German Rail Länder Ticket and you could explore all the Christmas Markets in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia for one amazing price of:One passenger: €41Extra person: €0Unlimited travel, one price, through out North Rhine-Westphalia (see map above) for up to 5 people, 9 a.m. until 3 a.m. of the following day and on Saturday, Sunday and bank holidays from 0a.m. until 3 a.m. Valid on all local trains (Interregio-Express, Regional-Express, Regionalbahn, S-Bahn). Prices quoted are for 2016 ticket machine purchases only.

Lufthansa Flights

Lufthansa is the national airline for Germany, providing a high level of service on all their flights to or from Germany. Daily flights are available to Berlin, Cologne, Frankfurt, Leipzig, Nuremberg or Stuttgart.

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